Here Are the Best VPN Deals Ahead of Labor Day.
The start of the school year is the busiest time for VPN providers, with a significant portion of annual subscriptions coming from students. Labor Day coincides perfectly with this period, making it a great opportunity to take advantage of deals from virtually all major providers.
Once you subscribe during the Labor Day promotion, your discounts will remain for the entire subscription period. This means you can get a two- or three-year VPN subscription at up to 80% off the regular price—a significant savings for new customers.
I’ve compiled a list of the best VPN deals for Labor Day. Surfshark, Express VPN, and Nord offer some of the best deals, followed by competitors who aren’t going to give in.
ExpressVPN offers 80% off a two-year contract.
If you sign up for a two-year ExpressVPN subscription now, you’ll pay just $83.72 for the first two years and even get an extra four months on the basic plan. When you renew, you’ll pay a little more—$99.95 per month for the next two years—which is still lower than the standard monthly subscription of $14.99 per month.
However, you don’t have to commit to a long-term subscription right away if you don’t want to. ExpressVPN also offers a 66% discount on an annual subscription with an extra three months. Discounts also apply to all other ExpressVPN plans, including the Advanced and Express Pro plans.
I’ve tested numerous VPN services over the course of my career, and ExpressVPN is my personal choice for bypassing streaming site restrictions while traveling. It consistently evades detection and maintains multiple servers around the world. Bypassing VPNs is legal in most countries in North America and Europe, but if you’re in a region known for government censorship, you should check local laws.
You can get 87% discount on Surfshark One.
Surfshark typically offers some of the best VPN deals in the industry, so it’s no surprise that they offer a Surfshark Starter subscription for the first 27 months for just $67.23 . However, I’d recommend choosing the Surfshark One plan, which also offers a 27-month subscription for the same price—$67.23.
Upgrading to the mid-tier plan won’t cost you anything extra, but the catch is that the subscription renewal cost is significantly higher—$284.25 per year for Surfshark One. In this case, I’d recommend taking the 27-month contract for Surfshark One but disabling auto-renewal so you can wait for the next promotion or switch providers at renewal.
Surfshark’s key differentiator is that your subscription covers an unlimited number of devices with no concurrent usage limits. You also get premium features like split tunneling, IP rotation, and VPN MultiHop at no additional cost. Surshark One even lets you generate alternate identities with masked email addresses to protect against identity theft.
You can purchase NordVPN Complete for $4.39 per month.
NordVPN offers three pricing plans: Basic, Complete, and Complete Max. Currently, all NordVPN plans are discounted 69-75% off the regular price for two years . NordVPN Complete, which ranks in the middle, offers the best value of the three: 75% off for two years at $118.53, plus an additional three months.
NordVPN also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, but you’re unlikely to need it, as their service is considered the best in the industry. In addition to multiple VPN servers worldwide, you also get malware protection for your browser, social security monitoring, and 1 TB of free cloud storage with the Complete plan.
Like ExpressVPN, Nord is known for its high speeds and robust privacy protection, which bypasses most VPN detectors used by online platforms. Another notable feature is Nord’s darknet monitoring tool, included in all plans, which allows you to monitor up to five emails for darknet leaks.
IPVanish offers a two-year subscription for less than $60.
IPVanish offers only two subscription tiers, both with unlimited connections or devices. The first, Essential, includes all standard VPN features and 3GB of eSIM data and is available for $59.76 for the first two years . The second, Advanced, adds 5GB of eSIM data, a secure browser, and 1TB of cloud backup for $86.16 for the first two years.
Like Surfshark, IPVanish doesn’t impose limits on the number of devices or simultaneous connections, making it a great value for both individuals and businesses. Unlike Surfshark, IPVanish doesn’t drastically increase prices upon renewal. Furthermore, it offers native support for a wide range of devices and operating systems, including Android, iOS, ChromeOS, visionOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Linux. You can even purchase an IPVanish-enabled router in-store to set up VPN functionality at the router level.
Personally, I like IPVanish for its value for money, even if it’s not as well-designed as ExpressVPN on Nord devices. As someone who constantly switches between an Android phone, iPad, MacBook, and Windows desktop while working, having router-level settings is also very convenient, as it prevents the VPN connection from dropping every time I switch devices.
Norton VPN Standard with 50% off your first year.
Compared to other VPN services on this list, and especially the aggressive offers from Surfshark or Nord VPN, Norton’s promotional offer seems quite conservative. You can get a 50-54% discount on VPN plans depending on the tier you choose, with support for a maximum of ten devices per subscription.
Norton also includes features like crash protection, IP rotation, ad blocking, and 10-50 GB of cloud storage for backup, depending on the plan you choose. I’d say Norton VPN Plus offers the best value of the three tiers: 10 GB of cloud storage and AI-powered fraud protection are added to your VPN plan for $49.99 for the first year. Upon renewal, the price increases to $109.99, which is comparable to providers like IPVanish.
Norton has an excellent reputation in the cybersecurity world for its antivirus tools, but it’s not as popular as a VPN. However, if I were already using Norton products, I’d consider it an easy upgrade option, which is probably why Norton 360 Deluxe costs the same as the VPN for the first year, but also includes antivirus, malware, and ransomware protection. Even with a renewal subscription, the Deluxe plan only costs $124.99 per year, a much better value for the money.